Chapter 2921 All I Want Is Your Safety

After discussing the USB drive, Qin Feng gave Zhao Hongjian a detailed report on the various developments in Shazhou over the past two months.

Qin Feng stayed in Xidu for two days, and he was even busier during those two days than he was in Shazhou City, working non-stop from morning till night.

After completing all the work arrangements, Qin Feng did not return to Shazhou, but instead boarded a plane to Zhongjiang.

Qin Feng has been in Shazhou for more than half a year, and has only gone back once in between. Qin Feng has forgotten how long it has been since he last went back; it seems to have been half a year.

Qin Feng misses Zhou Qian, but he misses his daughter even more.

The higher one's official rank, the less freedom one has.

People generally believe that the higher the official rank, the more freedom they have, and that no one dares to supervise them. They can go to work whenever they want and go home whenever they want, but that's not actually the case at all.

The higher the official rank, the more responsibilities and tasks one has.

Take Qin Feng for example. He's so busy every day that he barely has time to breathe. And one thing after another happens in Shazhou. If he doesn't handle any of them well, he could lose his job at best, and at worst he could go to jail. Moreover, as the mayor of a city, he has the livelihood of several million people on his shoulders. Does he dare to leave so easily?

Secondly, as the commanding officer, there are clear organizational regulations that prohibit leaving the jurisdiction without special circumstances. Therefore, he and Jiang Longjun are not allowed to leave Shazhou in principle, unless they go out on official business or attend meetings.

Of course, Qin Feng also took leave to go home this time.

Therefore, the higher the rank of a leader, the less freedom they actually have.

This time, Qin Feng didn't let Zhang Xinming come along. He boarded the plane alone, leaving Zhang Xinming to wait for him in Xidu.

After Qin Feng got off the plane, he clearly felt that he was wearing too many clothes, so he quickly took off his coat.

Jiangnan Province is much warmer than Gansu and Liangzhou. Gansu and Liangzhou are currently covered in ice and snow, but here, Qin Feng saw a lush green park outside the airport terminal before he even left the airport. There were also several clusters of flowers he didn't know that were in full bloom, which was a completely different scene from Gansu and Liangzhou.

However, Qin Feng felt somewhat uneasy here; he seemed to have become more accustomed to Gansu and Liangzhou Province.

As soon as Qin Feng reached the exit, he saw Zhou Qian standing in that familiar spot, waiting for him and waving to him.

Every time Qin Feng returned to Zhongjiang, Zhou Qian would personally come to pick him up, and she would always stand in the familiar spot.

Qin Feng walked over, and the two embraced warmly. Zhou Qian then took the coat from Qin Feng's hands, while Qin Feng continued to carry the same handbag that had accompanied him on his travels across the country without ever changing it.

"Didn't you say you were in Hong Kong and wouldn't get home until tonight?" Qin Feng asked.

"I canceled an afternoon's activities and came back early. Is there anything more important than my husband coming home?" Zhou Qian said, clinging to Qin Feng's arm in a coquettish manner.

Zhou Qian handed the keys to Qin Feng as usual, and Qin Feng drove the car.

However, Qin Feng did not drive home, but instead drove directly to an elementary school.

Qin Feng and Zhou Qian's daughter, Qin Zhouqi, officially started first grade in the second half of this year. However, Qin Feng has never returned since his daughter started school, so he didn't even know where his daughter's school was. It was Zhou Qian who pointed out the way for him.

The school Zhou Qian chose for her daughter was naturally not an ordinary school. Qin Feng had heard of it; it was an international school, which was actually what people called a private elite school. The tuition for one semester was over 100,000 yuan, and for a year it was close to 300,000 yuan.

This price is unimaginable for ordinary families, but for Zhou Qian it's just a number.

Qin Feng and Zhou Qian had disagreements about their daughter's school choice. Qin Feng wanted his daughter to attend an ordinary public elementary school and receive a commoner's education like other children, rather than receiving a privileged, aristocratic education from a young age. He didn't want his daughter's values ​​to be misguided, especially by such so-called international elite schools.

But Zhou Qian insisted, and she only said two words: safety.

After Zhou Qian said those two words, Qin Feng shut his mouth and didn't say another word.

Having learned from the previous kidnapping incident, both Zhou Qian and Qin Feng now place their daughter's safety above all else. Qin Feng's current position and Zhou Qian's wealth both place their daughter at risk and threat at any time, and ordinary schools naturally do not offer any safety guarantees.

Xie Fengmin is responsible for picking up and dropping off her daughter at school every day. Of course, she is accompanied by a whole security team, and the security is very tight. If this kind of entourage were to take her daughter to and from school every day in an ordinary public school, it would be considered unusual. But no one at this school would find it strange because everyone does it.

Qin Feng had calculated the time it would take for him to get off the plane, so he called Xie Fengmin before boarding and told her not to pick up the child, but that he would pick him up today.

For Qin Feng, picking his daughter up from school was a sacred thing, because it was the first time he had participated in his daughter's learning. In retrospect, he was a very irresponsible father.

"Has the matter of your executive vice mayor's suicide been settled?" Zhou Qian asked.

Qin Feng also told Zhou Qian about Ding Wenbo's surrender and Shao Hongli's suicide. After all, the families of many leaders of the Shazhou City Public Security Bureau, as well as Ding Wenbo's wife, were settled in Zhongjiang by people sent by Zhou Qian.

"As expected of President Zhou, you even know all the news from our corner of the world." Qin Feng joked.

"Come on, I don't have time to care about your business. I'm just guessing. The fact that you have time to come home means this matter is definitely over. Otherwise, would you dare to go back? I don't know your Shazhou area, but I know my husband."

"You guessed right. Yes, this matter is finally over. New comrades have taken over, and work and the situation have returned to normal. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief," Qin Feng sighed.

"This executive vice mayor didn't commit suicide, did he?" Zhou Qian asked again.

Qin Feng was somewhat surprised and turned to look at Zhou Qian.

"There's no need to look at me like that. When you were arrested by the Discipline Inspection Commission last time, I had someone in Xidu find out the general situation in your Shazhou. One vice mayor just turned himself in, and another executive vice mayor committed suicide. And this happened right after you asked me to help you suppress the public opinion about your migrant workers causing trouble."

“Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the number of mayors who have died nationwide can probably be counted on two hands. In the end, your Shazhou City first had a mayor die in a car accident, and then the executive vice mayor committed suicide.”

"I don't know exactly what's going on here, but I know this is definitely not normal. There aren't that many accidents and coincidences in this world."

"Qin Feng, I don't follow politics, and I don't care how high your official rank or how much power you have. I just hope you can stay safe and sound," Zhou Qian said, looking at Qin Feng.